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Lebanon charges Saudi prince with drug trafficking

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Saudi-LibanonA Saudi prince, who was arrested with two tonnes of amphetamines in Lebanon’s capital Beirut, has been charged with drug trafficking, a judicial source says.

The judicial source told AFP on Monday that Lebanese authorities “charged 10 people, including five arrested individuals — a Saudi prince and four Saudi nationals… with smuggling and selling the drug Captagon.”

The source also noted that the other five individuals are from Lebanon and Saudi Arabia and are still at large.

Saudi prince Abdel Mohsen Bin Walid Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was arrested with four others at the Rafik Hariri International Airport in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on October 26, after security officials found  two tonnes of pills branded as Captagon, which were due to be loaded onto a private jet.

The drugs were packed in 40 suitcases and the plane was to head to the Saudi capital, Riyadh.

The judicial source also said that the case was sent to an investigative judge.

The Lebanese officials said they managed to foil the largest drug smuggling operation in Lebanon’s history.

The confiscated drugs are of the type mainly used by Takfiri militants in Syria.

Some other members of Saudi royal family have also faced legal problems in other countries, though they managed to escape prosecutions.

In September, Saudi prince Majed Abdulaziz Al-Saud was arrested at a compound near Beverly Hills in Los Angles on accusation of trying to force a worker to perform a sex act.

The 28-year-old Saudi prince, however, was freed later on a USD 300,000 bail. The US authorities later said they would not pursue the charge due to a lack of evidence.

Also in September, Saudi diplomat Majed Hassan Ashoor sparked outrage by leaving India without facing justice over alleged sex crimes. He was accused of involvement in the rape, assault, torture and starvation of two Nepalese women held captive for over three months.

In 2013, a Saudi princess was also accused of enslaving a Kenyan woman as a housemaid in her house in Los Angeles. Her charges were later dropped.

Source: presstv

Azeri Commandos to Be Charged According to Artsakh Laws

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STEPANAKERT (Armenpress)—Dilham Askerov and Shahbaz Guliyev, members of an armed group of Azerbaijanis apprehended in July in Karvachar by Artsakh authorities, will
be charged according to the laws of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Artsakh Defense Army commander Movses Hakobyan said on Monday. Report Azbariz

“We’re dealing with a specially trained group, they will be charged according to the laws of the NKR,” Hakobyan was reported as saying by Armenpress. “The authorities are in charge of repatriating Karen Petrosyan’s body [an Armenian villager killed in Azeri captivity]. As for the saboteurs, they will get what they deserve according to our laws. Karen’s case has nothing to do with military activities. The young man, who had
mental and substance abuse problems, appeared in Azerbaijan by accident and was very unsuccessfully presented as an Armenian serviceman by the Azeri government.”

As for the commanders of the Azerbaijani Army, Movses Hakobyan stressed that he has never underestimated the enemy.

“I have had the honor of fighting against a worthy opponent. The commander of the Azerbaijani Third Corps, however, does not fit that description,” Hakobyan said about Rovshan Akperov, the Azeri commander seen on video mistreating Karen Petrosyan.

Russian Foreign Ministry official representative Alexander Lukashevich also commented about Karen Petrosyan’s death in Azerbaijani captivity.

“We deeply regret that the unresolved Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is accompanied by human losses, death of people, and not only during fighting. We express deep condolences to the families and friends of K. Petrosyan and to other families of Armenians and Azerbaijanis who have lost their lives. We consider it necessary to conduct thorough investigations into such incidents,” Alexander Lukashevich said.

The Russian Foreign Ministry has urged the two sides to make practical use of the provisions of the Joint Statement of the Presidents of Azerbaijan, Armenia and the Russian Federation on October 27, 2010, on the return of bodies with the assistance of the OSCE Minsk Group and the International Committee of the Red Cross.